take a trip to Etosha to spot the big game around the famous waterholes.

game drives in the National Park and on the Ongava Reserve – one of the few private game reserves in southern Africa where guests can see both black and white rhino.

explore the Petrified Forest and ancient Rock Art

When’s the best time to do this Flying safari?

The trip runs year round.

January to April – main rainy season. Mid-summer is extremely hot, often violent thunderstorms and flash floods (especially in the north). Best for Bird-watching – November to March

May to October – Cool dry season, days are cool, clear and sunny. Night time temperatures can be near freezing. Best time for game viewing – late October (end of the dry season). Temperatures rise dramatically especially in the Kaokoveld and Etosha National Park

mid July to late October is the main tourist season for Namibia. Accommodation for the lodges and camps books up quickly, we advise booking well in advance. Travel outside this period and it’s much quieter and you may well have many of the attractions to yourself

Speak to us about…

Discounts for small groups of family or friends

Private safaris for which we can include access further afield in the Kaokoveld, the Skeleton Coast and beyond.

(Wilderness Air on the Namibia flying safari by Dana Allen courtesy Wilderness Safaris)

Africa's best known "wing safari"

You're going to find wild open space. This is "big-screen" Africa at its best. Home to the Namib Desert. The dramatic dunefields of Sossusvlei, generous wildlife and shimmering saltpans of Etosha. What's more, you'll find exceedingly rare wildlife in Damaraland alongside fascinating local culture.

How to get there

The safari starts an ends at Windhoek Airport where you’ll be met by our representative. Please advise your Zambezi consultant if you would like us to arrange your international flights, add on a few nights in another destination or your onward travel arrangements.

Wildlife

Desert adapted elephants

Desert elephants are the same size as savannah elephants

even though they survive on less food

footpads are more spread out due to the distances they cover walking on sand

Bull elephant when fully grown can weigh as much as 6000 kg and reach a shoulder height of 4m

females weigh in a just over half the weight of the male elephant

an elephant’s tusk will continue to grow throughout their life

some elephant families are tuskless, this is inherited within the females of the desert family groups

in the Hoanib and Hoarusib desert elephant populations some 6 out of 20 females are without tusks